DevSecOps Principal Engineer

Wells Fargo & Company•Columbus, OH

1d•$159,000 - $254,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The COO Technology group provides technology services for the Chief Operating Office. This includes operations, control executives, strategic execution, business continuity and resiliency, data solutions and services, regulatory relations, customer experience, enterprise shared services, supply chain management, and the corporate properties group. COO Technology provides technology solutions and manages application portfolios for these groups to support modernization and optimization. Within COO Technology we are seeking a DevSecOps Principal Engineer whose role is essential for translating strategic vision into technical execution. The COO DevSecOps team’s unique value lies in integrating security into automation and delivery, orchestrating cross-team workflows, and ensuring that modern infrastructure and deployment practices are both efficient and secure. The DevSecOps team collaborates with Enterprise Infrastructure Management to optimize compute resources, partners with Cyber Security to enforce security policies and leverage threat intelligence and works with the Chief Development Office to refine deployment tools and frameworks—while operationalizing and integrating these capabilities into the delivery lifecycle. This role will architect secure & scalable CI/CD processes and procedures, lead cloud infrastructure decisions, and work with the Site Reliability Engineering team to embed reliability and observability across platforms. Their enterprise-level influence on tooling, automation, and resilience engineering will accelerate modernization and ensure robust, secure, and efficient delivery pipelines for COO Technology.

Requirements

7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
7+ years of DevOps, Automation & Delivery experience: Extensive experience in scripting, automation, DevOps tools, Agile methodologies, and CI/CD/CT pipelines, enabling efficient, secure, and reliable software delivery across the SDLC.
7+ years of experience in Observability, OTEL & Platform Engineering: driving technology strategy with hands-on expertise in OpenTelemetry (OTEL), observability frameworks, and performance engineering.
7+ years of Strong experience with OCP (OpenShift), Cloud Foundry principles, and SDLC toolchains including Maven/Gradle build orchestration.
7+ years of experience with Cloud, Data & Secure Architecture: Proven experience across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with a focus on data-intensive systems, performance optimization, and secure-by-design architectures, embedding observability into scalable, distributed, and microservices-based environments.

Nice To Haves

5+ years in financial services with experience leading Generative and classical AI initiatives, including exposure to LLMs, Agentic AI, and enterprise technology roadmaps, backed by strong executive presence and strategic thinking.
Expertise in monitoring/observability tools (Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, AppDynamics) and modern data/platform ecosystems (Python, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, microservices, NoSQL/Graph DBs), enabling scalable and resilient solutions.
Proven leadership in Agile transformations, strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to drive end-to-end delivery, problem-solving, and collaboration across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

Act as a trusted advisor to leadership, shaping enterprise technology strategy, influencing architecture decisions, and driving innovative solutions aligned to business objectives and long-term vision.
Lead resolution of complex enterprise challenges, drive DevSecOps practices, automation, and Agentic AI adoption, while ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and adherence to platform architecture and standards.
Partner with architects, product teams, and vendors to enable modernization (cloud, data, applications), remove delivery roadblocks, support Agile execution, and drive continuous improvement, innovation, and business value.
Extensive experience in scripting, automation, DevOps tools, Agile methodologies, and CI/CD/CT pipelines, enabling efficient, secure, and reliable software delivery across the SDLC.